Thursday, September 27, 2012
To The Past Comments
Rating: ★5.0
Now that he has gone,
credit him for our boldness.
Forgive him for his failings-
he feared he wasn't right.
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Douglas Scotney
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Danny Draper
27 September 2012
An evocative and timeless poem, one with generational transitional resonance and hopefully from the shoulders of giants an infinite timeline tapering equally past and future from an ephemeral present.
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3/14/2026 12:10:21 AM # 1.0.0
I wonder if you are writing about a specific man, or just an imagined character. The tone reminds me a little of Browning's 'The lost Leader'.